St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
TRAVEL IN EUROPE.
What Charles A. GiIlig Has to Say
of Americans in Europe.

Charles A. Gillig. first vice president
and general manager Charles A. Gillig's
United States exchange, London, Eng
land, registered at the Hotel Ryan last
evening. To a representative of the
GLOBE he gave some information on
European travel.
Il sailed from Liverpool on the
steamer Adriatic, of the White Star
line, Oct. II last, and reached New
York Oct. q, after quite rough trip"
''HOw many people do you estimate
cross the Atlantic every year-that is on
the average?"
''Of course, the exact figure is obtain
able, but, during the six months of
summer travel, | should say that, eXclu-
sive of emigrant and intermediate pas
sengers, during the six months of the
season proper, it would amount TO about
$4,000, add $1,000 for the other six
months, and the grand total will be not
far from $1,000. | am satisfied that |
am within the mark. | have given the
GuiOn line an average of 200, while the
Alaska and Arizona usually carry double
that plumber. In regard to the City of
Rome she has only made monthly trips
during the past season, but l under
stand that the owners propose to add
another fast steamer to their Liverpool
service next season. which Will run in
connection with the City of Rome and
insure them a much larger average than
| have allowed. While a few people
make the round trip on $500 and few
eXpend five times as many thousand, L
think 81, 900 apiece would be fair aver
age, so that the $4,000 would eXpend
$50, 200, 000."
Then YOU mean to say man can do
Europe for S500?''
mo. not all of it, but that is the
amount Bayard Taylor expended when
he wrote Views AfoOt, and he did a
good deal of it: anyhow he produced
500-paged volume as the results of his
travels on that amount. A man who is
economical and knows what he is about
can go over and see as much of Great
Britain and France and little of the
contiguous country for $500, but he will
have a more satisfactory time if he goes
with twice that amount"
Don't you anticipate cholera will in
terfere with travel next year?"
Il don't see why it should so far as
Great Britain. France, Germany, Aus
tria, Switzerland and Northern Italy
are concerned. 1t is true that Spain and
some of the Mediterranean ports have
suffered to an extraordinary degree, but,
in great measure, it is the fault Of the
people, though the hot and dry atmos-
phere which pervades those countries,
and the intolerablc breeZeS which sweep
across the Mediterranean contribute
somewhat to render the locality liable
to such visitatiOns. The people are in
dolent and uncleanly. and sanitary pre-
cautions are things unknown among
them. France is somewhat better off
in these respects, while in
England, and especially in Lon
don, the sanitary conditions are I'M
surpassed. Again, the people there
submit to the most stringent regula-
tons, and aid, rather than retard, the
efforts of the health officers. There was
one ca4e, that OF sailor hailing from
Spanish port, reported somewhere in
Wales, but it proved to be only one of
those sporadic cases liable to occur any
where. No, there need be no fear of
cholera"
MY purpose in visiting America was
to promote American travel to Europe,
as in London. endeayor to make known
the resources and attractions of Amer
icao